Malaya
“When you kiss a girl in Malaya...keep your eyes wide open and a gun in your hand!”
1949•NR•1h 38m•6.9•Released
WarAdventureThriller
Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, cynical former newspaper correspondent John Royer devises a scheme with his old editor and government agents to return to the Far East and smuggle out a vast amount of rubber for the war effort. Demanding the freedom and company of his ex-friend, Carnahan, whom he betrayed in an exposé years earlier, Royer sails off into the hands of the Japanese with a motley crew, gold, and the promise of covert government aid.
Director
Richard Thorpe
Writer
Frank Fenton
Languages
English
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
Spencer Tracy
Carnaghan
James Stewart
John Royer
Valentina Cortese
Luana
Sydney Greenstreet
The Dutchman
John Hodiak
Kellar
Lionel Barrymore
John Manchester
Gilbert Roland
Romano
Roland Winters
Bruno Gruber
Richard Loo
Colonel Genichi Tomura
Ian MacDonald
Carlos Tassuma
Tom Helmore
Matisson
DeForest Kelley
Lt. Glenson (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Naval Officer with Businessmen (uncredited)
Robert B. Williams
Army Sergeant (uncredited)
David Fresco
Barracuda Ed (uncredited)
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Edwin H. Knopf
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